Body-bolster.



PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

A. E. OgTRANDER. BODY BOLSTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. '29. 1906.

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ALLEN E. OSTEANDER, OF PATERSON. NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAR & FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF

A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY. I

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.BODY-BOLSTER;

Beit known that I, ALLEN E. omnmse, a GitIZGIl :of the United States, residing at Paterson, New Jersey, have inventedaces tain new and useful Improvement Body-j Bolsters, of-which the following is-a full", clear,

s and exact description, such.'as.,wi1ljenable embodying I the features. of niy ainventi'on z- Fig. 2 1s a side elevation thereofs Fig. 3"isag strength and which' can be-mahufac't'ured others skilled in the art to whicl r itQappertains to make and use the. saine,reference being had to the accom anyi ng'ielrawings, forming part of this spear 'ca'tion =n1 Wl1ijch- Figure 1 is a plan view of a bodyebclster" detail View taken'on the line 3 3 of Fig". 2,-and Fig. 4 is a detailview showing the-slot with which the center sills are providedfto" permitthe passage therethrough of t i tension-plate. v

This invention relates to" railway-cars; and the-object o is to provide a bolster possessing f great et -as feicheaply. a which l havez' The bolster trated as embodying the prefeired iform of my invention consists of acastifng. which-is recessedat its center to" receive the-fcenter sills of the car, said casting'being. reinfe ced? andstrengthened in a novel manner; Q Referring to the drawings, whichv epresent the preferred form of myj-invention, 1 designates the bolster, consisting" of a. caste; ing that is approximately I- -shape'in'crosssection and which is provided at. .:its ;center with a wide recess to receive.the-. 'center sills 2, herein shown as I-beains. Thev bottom flanges of-the Lbeam. center sills rest on the flan e '3, forming thebottorn of the recess in the holster, and fillers; or diaphragr'ns provided with continuous flanges are interposed between ,the' center sills, said fillers-being ar ran ed with'their flanges projecting in opposlte directions.

The flanges '5 at the'ends of the-fillers are connected to the webs of the center sills by rivets 6, and the bottom flanges 7 of said fillers are connected to the flange 3 on the bolster by rivets *8,'po rti0ns of said bottom flanges 7 contacting with flanges at the bottom of the I-beam center sills. The bolster is provided with flanges 9, which form the sides of the central recess, and the center sills are held spaced away from said flanges Specification of Iietters Patent. Application filedMarch 29, 1906. Serial No. 308.745.

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ylvenues eiin iilus Patented Nov. 20, 1906 by fillersTconsistingTof approximately chan-, nelshaped pieces 10, provided with a plu- 5 rality of lugs 11, the rivets .6, which fasten the fillers 4 to the center siils, also passing ,hrough the lugs '11 and through the flanges 9 of the bolster, said fillers also contacting shown in Fig. 2. A continuous tension-plate connected to-the top flan e 13 of the bolster and to the topflanges o the fillers a by rivets l4 and extends through slots 15 in the websbi the center sills, as shown clearly c in-Fig. j The continuous bottom flange 16 ,of thebolster is strengthened by tapered ribs f .17, formed integral with the web of the bol'ster,'-and vertical ribs 18 are provided be,-

flange 3, on which the center sills rest.

lheflanges 5, which form the sides of the U f central recess,;are strengthened by horizon} tally arrangecl tapered. ribs 19, and the chan- 'nected bygriwats 21 to yertical flanges 22, ex'' tending laterally from the web of the bolster,

' said channels 20 being cut away, as shown in Fig: 3, so' that the upper edges of said chain, nels' can lie. flush with the upperedges of the 'ce'nter sills. One object of slotting the center sills to receive the continuous plate 12' is.

"to enable the floor of the car to rest directly on the center sills, and thus provide a space '85 underneath the floor to' receivejthe pipes, wires, &c., with which the car is provided.-

- As the means herein shown for connectingthe ends of the bolster to the side sills of the car-- form no part of my present invention, it is'oo not nec'essaryto describe the same.

Having thus'described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

. 1. A body-bolster consisting of a single casting of I form, a vertical flange projecting laterally from the web of said casting, and

a cliannel-shaped sill connected to said vertica flange and having its top flange 1 ing in vportion of the web and the top flange of said sill bein removed to provide a clearance for vthetop flange of thebolster; substantially as described. w

provided at its central portionwith a recess with-the bottom flanges of the center sills, as 60 t ween said continuous bottom flange and the 7o nels '20,for ring the platform-sills, are con- 75 the top flanges and portions of the webs of a plane above the top flange of the b0 ster, a 1 c 2. A body-bolster consisting ofa casting r q i M 836,13

flanges f0 wing the bottom and the sides of bolster-casting and to the fillers between the said recess, I-heam center sifls'resting 011 the center sills; substefitielly as described. bot-tom flange of the recess, flanged fillers er- In testimony whereof I hereunto azi'hzg my ranged between the cent-er sills, flanged fillers signature, in the presence of two Witnesses, 5 arranged between. the outer faces of the centhis 20th. day of March, 1906.

i tersills and the side flan esof the recess. the I .1 w v r s lower flanges of Lhe Ebeimcenter sills heing ALLEN 1 engaged bye-(Lid fillers, and a continuous Lension-plete passing through slots in the Webs 10 ef the center sius and. being connected to the Witnesses: HAROLD h Saturn,

R0151. G. JEFFREY. 

